London, Oct. 31 (ANI): The racial divide in South Africa is continuing with the income of white South African households being six times higher than black ones, new census figures have revealed.
President Jacob Zuma said the census showed that the black majority is still at the "bottom of the rung", 18 years after white minority rule ended.
The statistics showed that while the income of black households had increased by nearly 170 percent in the last decade, they still earned the least, the BBC reports.
According to the report, the average annual income of a white household is about 365,000 rand, followed by Indians at 251,000 rand, people of mixed race at 251,500 rand and blacks at 60,600 rand.
Zuma said the census showed that while "great strides" have been made since racial segregation ended in 1994, much still needed to be done to end inequality, the report said.
"These figures tell us that at the bottom of the rung is the black majority who continue to be confronted by deep poverty, unemployment and inequality, despite the progress that we have made since 1994," he said. (ANI)
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